Gauteng saw an increase of 1516 cases over the past week, but the mortality rate remains at 1%.
In terms of Covid-19 patients in the province requiring medical care, of 308 in hospital, 228 are in private hospitals and 80 in public facilities. Five are in ICU on ventilators, and 51 in ICU on oxygen. To date, 37 patients in Gauteng have died.
The province has sufficient medical PPE and more than 8000 beds available, with 1970 of these being in private and public hospitals in Tshwane. A further 500 beds at Chris Hani Baragwanath, 300 each at Kopanong and George Mukhari hospital are planned, and the Ashanthi Gold Hospital is being refurbished to provide 175 beds.
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